Sport shirt having detachable insignia panel



Aug. 4, 1953 H. RASSNER SPORT SHIRT HAVING DETACHABLE INSIGNIA PANELFiled May 13, 1950 INVENTOR HenayKassnen BY A RNEY S Patented Aug. 4,1953 UNITED OFFICE SPORT SHIRT HAVING DETACHABLE INSIGNIA PANEL HenryRassner, Union City, N .J assignor to Sidney Bogad, North Bergen, N. J.

Application May 13, 1950, Serial No. 161,792

3 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to sportswear, and it is directedspecifically to a sports shirt embodying a removable insignia panel,whereby the latter maybe quickly and easily removed to give the shirt aconventional appearance.

Heretofore, it has been customary generally to embroider or applique thename of a sports team or event directly directly on the back of a sportsshirt, which means that the shirt may be Worn only when the wearer isparticipating in an event connected with the activities of a particularteam or contest. It is therefore customary for sportsmen, such as forexample bowlers who frequently belong to many teams, to have a differentsports shirt for each team. There has also been used a freely dependingremovable or detachable insignia shield adapted to be mounted on theback of a shirt to carry a name of other advertising indicia, but thisshield is very annoying to the wearer because of its tendency to flaparound the back, shoulders and neck of the wearer during any strenuousactivities. I

With the present invention all of these inherent disadvantages of theprior art constructions have been obviated, and a sports shirt has beendevised which can be worn when playing with a number of different teamsby merely substituting an appropriate insignia panel, or, when thewearer is not engaging in sports activities, it may be worn as aconventional shirt merely by removing the panel member.

An object of the invention is to provide a sports shirt that may be wornwith an identifying insignia when the wearer is engaged in sportsactivities, and, which may be converted to a conventionally appearingshirt merely by removing a detachable panel member covering the backthereof.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a sports shirt whichprovides the wearer with a removable identifying insignia that may bequickly and easily changed from time to time, which has a conventionalappearance when worn either as a sports insignia shirt or as aconventional shirt, and which is free of objectionable annoyances.

Other' and further objects and advantages of the invention, which resultin simplicity, economy and efiiciency, will be apparent from thefollowing detailed description, wherein one form of embodiment of theinvention is shown, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals indicate like parts, inwhich:

Figure l is a rear elevational view showing a 2 sports shirt constructedin accordance with the principles of the invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view of the shirtshown in Figure 1, the

' same having been taken substantially along the line 2-2 thereof,looking in the direction of the arrows; 1 3 Figure 3 is an enlargedcross-sectional view of the shirt shown in Figure-1, thesame having beentaken substantially) along the line 3-4- thereof, looking in thedirection ofv the arrows; and

Figure 4 is a front elevational view, on a slight- 1y smaller scale, ofthe removable back panel shown mounted on the shirt in Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings and particularly to Figure 1 thereof,there is shown a sports shirt Ill, made of any suitable shirt material,having a conventional split or divided front ll consisting of sidepanels I3 and I4 adapted to be secured removably together with buttonsI6. The sports shirt It consists of a-divided'front H, back I! andlaterally extending sleeves I8 and I9, allof which are of a conventionalconstruction, having conventional-seams or stitching 20. The shirt Illalso has a yoke memberfli formed integrally therewith across the topportion of its back H, which yoke member extends transversely thereofvadjacent its neck portion 22 and laterally to adjacent the seams 23securing the sleeves l8 and 19. The yoke member 2| is stitched or sewedto the back I! along its top and side edges, as shown by the seams 24,but its lower or bottom depending edge 25 is free, as best shown inFigure 2, and is provided with an upturned inside hem 26, which hasaplurality of fastening members 21 mounted along the inner edge thereofin a horizontal plane. Of course, the fastening members 21 may bemounted directly on the shirt back l1, if desired, provided they are sopositioned as to be concealed by the depending yoke 25.

Additional transversely spaced fastening members 29 are mounted onopposite sides of the shirt back I! adiacenteach of the sleeves l8 andI9 thereof, which fasteningmembers are arranged in an intermediatehorizontal plane spaced vertically below the plane of the members 21mounted on the underside of the yoke 2|. A conventional tail portion 3!of the shirt back llis also provided with a series of transverselyspacedfastening members '33,-adjacent the lower corners and below thewaist-line 32 thereof, as best shown in Figures 1 and 3. The fasteningmembers 33 are also arranged in a horizontal plane, which is spacedvertically below the intermediate plane of the members 29.

A detachable insignia. carrying back panel member 36, which is shown inelevation in Figure 4, consists of a panel of shirt material having theconventional inturned stitched hem 31. The panel member 36 is ofsubstantially the same size and shape as the back portion ll of theshirt 1!). It will be noted that the detachable panel member 36 is cutor notched arcuately adjacent its opposite top corners to follow thelines of the conventional. sleeves I8 and 19, as indicated at 38. Thetop edge of the panel 36 is straight and is provided with a series offastening members 39 adjacent each corner, which are spaced tocorrespond with the spacing of the members 21 mounted along the insideof the hem 26 of the yoke 2| with which they are adapted to cooperate.

A second series of intermediate and transversely spaced fasteningmembers 4| are provided adjacent the lower corners of the arcuatecutouts 38, which is adjacent the lower back edges of said sleeves l8and 19, which are spaced to correspond with the spacing of the members29 of the shirt back 11.

A third series of transversely spaced fastening members 42 is providedadjacent the lowermost corners of said panel" member 36, which arespaced to correspond with the spacing of the members 33 of the shirtback l1.

It will be noted that the detachable panel or insignia carrying member36 is, therefore, secured to the shirt back along three verticallyspaced horizontal planes; at the top, as indicated by the spacedfasteners 39; at an intermediate position, as indicated by the fasteners4|; and at the bottom, as indicated by the fasteners d2.

In actual use, the insignia carrying back panel member 36 first securedto the shirt Ml by cooperatively securing the fasteners 39 to thefasteners 21 mounted on the underside of the yoke 2t. The intermediateseries of fastening members H are then cooperatively secured to theircorresponding fasteners 29 intermediate the shirt back H. When the firsttwo series of fasteners are secured to their respective cooperatingmembers, the last series of fastening members 42 may be secured to theirrespective cooperating fastening members 33. It will be obvious that,when it is desired to remove the insignia panel, the same may beaccomplished merely by reversing the procedure or by separating theseveral fastening members in any order.

The invention has been shown for purposes of illustration employingmerely conventional separable snap fasteners, but it is to be understoodthat the same could be carried out readily with buttons and buttonholes,hooks and eyes, or even separable types of slide fasteners. Therefore,it is to be undertsood that the term fastening members is intended toinclude. all of such separable fastening combinations.

While I have only shown and described in detail one form which theinvention may assume, it will be readily apparent to those skilled inthe art that the same is not to be so limited, but that variousmodifications other than those mentioned above may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit thereof or from the scope of theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An improved sports shirt consisting of a permanently attached front,back, laterally extending sleeves, and a yoke member extending acrossthe top portion of the back thereof which has at least a free lowerdepending edge, a series of spaced fastening members mounted on theunderside of said yoke along said free edge thereof, said shirt havingspaced fastening members mounted on the back thereof adjacent each ofthe sleeves, said shirt having spaced fastening members mounted adjacentthe lower edge of said back, and a detachable insignia carrying memberhaving a plurality of fastening members disposed at spaced intervals soas to engage cooperatively fastening members of said shirt to mountdetachably the same thereover.

An improved sports shirt having a permanently formed front, back,laterally extending sleeves, and a yoke member extending transversely ofthe back adjacent the neck portion thereof which has a free lowerdepending edge, a plurality of spaced fastening members secured to theunderside of the free edge of said yoke for receiving a back insigniacarrying panel memher, said shirt having a series of fastening membersmounted on the back thereof adjacent opposite seams joining the frontand back portions, said shirt having another series of fastening membersmounted on the back below the waistline thereof, each of said series offastenin members being spaced vertically on opposite sides of said backmember, and a detachable back insignia carrying member having aplurality of series of spaced fastening members disposed at spacedintervals so as to engage cooperatively the fastening members of saidyoke and back to mount detachably the same thereon.

3. An improved sports shirt having a permanently formed front, back,laterally extending sleeves and a yoke member extending transverselyacross the shoulder portion of said back which yoke member has a freelower depending edge, a plurality of laterally spaced fastening memberssecured to the underside of the free edge of said yoke, said shirthaving a second series of spaced fastening members mounted on the backthereof adjacent the lower back edges of said sleeves, said shirt havinga third series ,of spaced fastening members mounted on the HENRYRASSNER.

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